WILMINGTON, Mass. — Milan Lucic continued to skate with more than a dozen of his teammates in a captains’ practice today at Ristuccia Arena.

After the session, the bulky winger touched on a number of subjects, including his ankle, Tyler Seguin and Marc Savard.

On Savard and this summer’s trade rumors, Lucic reiterated what Savard told a reporter in Ottawa last month about “hurt feelings.”

“Obviously, clearly they were all rumors. So, I mean, everyone’s different, everyone takes it different,” said Lucic about Savard, who’s not expected to report to the Bruins until next week. “Obviously, Savvy took it the way he did and his feelings were a little bit hurt. But I’m happy that he’s still part of this team because I felt in the three years that I’ve been, he’s one of the guys I’ve been closest with. And obviously we have our special bond on and off the ice. I’m happy that he’s back, and he’s happy that he’s still around too.”

Are you kidding? Yeah that was a real tough guy move- gives Cooke a TINY shove on the shoulder and then veers off when Cooke turns to drop the gloves hoping a real tough guy (in this case lucic) steps in. Keep sticking up for the softest player ever pal.

Watch the video with your eyes open next time. Ryder goes after Cooke, shoves him into the glass, then gets shoved aside by Brooks Orpik as Lucic goes after Cooke (obviously not knowing what happened, but reacting to what Ryder did).
After that, nobody did anything. because nobody feels like fighting when a teammate is being loaded onto a stretcher.

Savvy is the most consistent player the B’s have at their disposal. Having him at a $4mil cap hit is an absolute gift. Any Bruins “fan” who looks at his stats and looks at how much heart he shows, and doesn’t think he’s worth it… is a moron and should quit pretending to care about this team.

Savvy… you’re the man (and that’s an understatement). Thank you for everything you’ve done for this franchise.

The Bruins biggest problem is production…all Savard has done is to show up and play at a point per game pace the last several years. If he were paid based on his points vs. the team average, his contract would be absolutely Kovalchukish. The fella took a very kind contract to be a Bruin and competes in the games I have seen, and I’ve seen quite a few…he deserves a break in a big way. Lets only HOPE that guys like Seidenberg (given a 4 year $3.25 mil deal on a DREAM that he can live up to his potential, or Ryder $4 mil, same idea…yeesh) can come close. Savard can walk away with his head high at any point going forawrd.